Henry jones



(No Model.)

H. JONES.

BUTTON SETTING MAGHINB.

No. 394,579. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY JONES, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MADISON D. SHIPMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,579, dated December 18, 1888.

Ap lication fil d July 14, 1836- $erial No.20'7,988. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at De Kalb, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Setting Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a button-setting machine with the cover open; also a piece of fabric with button attached; Fig. 2, a side view of part of the machine, taken on the other side. Fig. 3 is a sectional View of my rotary holder, taken at line :1 .r, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side view of my rotary holder, showing a modification of the flange or holding devices. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the holder with the openings modified to suit different fasteners which may be used. Fig. 6 shows some of the kinds of fasteners which may be set with my machine by making slight changes in the openings of the holder or form of anvil, according to the kind used.

This improvement relates to a button-setting machine; and the invention consists in the peculiar combinations and the constructions and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and then more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the details of the drawings, A and A represent the two levers of the machine, which are pivoted together in the same way as many other implements of this class. The jaw of the lever A has projecting from and at right angles to the same a stud, a, which carries a rotary holder, B, having a flange, b, with a series of openings or slits, 1), arranged around the same, as clearl shown in the drawings. The flange is thicker near its junction with the web, for a purpose that will be hereinafter explained, or the spring K (shown in Figs. 4 and 5) may be used for the same purpose, in which cases the flange b will not be made tapering. The jaw of the lever A has ananvil, a, formed on it or attached thereto, of a form suited to the kind of fastener to be used.

At D is shown a cover, which is secured to the jaw of lever A by means of a screw or rivet, E, as shown, in such a manner as to allow of the cover swinging on the screw so as to uncover the holder B, as shown in full lines in Fig. l. \Vhen in use, it occupies the position shown in dotted lines in the same figure.

The central part of this cover rests on the hub of the hOlder, and as it is made of thin sheet metal there is a certain amount of elasticity in it, which produces a slight friction on the hub, the object of which will be explained hereinafter, or it may be of the form shown in dotted lines at D, Fig. 1.

Attached to the lever A is a spring-pawl, F, whose free end takes into the teeth of a ratchet-wheel G, formed on or securely attached to the holder B. Attached to one of the levers is the spring M, for spreading the jaws of the machine after a complete opera tion.

'The jaw of the lever A is formed with an offset, as shown at c in Fig. 1, which enables me to bring the stud a and the rim of the holder in the same line with the pivot of the jaws, thus avoiding wrenching of the parts and relieving each of the strain that necessarily would occur if the same were out of line.

Instead of using two levers, I may in some cases substitute for one of the levers a stand, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, by which it may be fixed to a bench. sider such a stand an equivalent in the following claims for the lever shown in full lines in the drawings.

The operation is as follows: The holder is first filled with the buttons II and fastenersl and the cover replaced, (when one is used,) shown in dotted lines, when the leather or other material to which the button is to be attached is placed between the jaw of the lever A and the holder, and then by pressing the the opening of the handle the holder is turned and another button-fastener is brought in position for use, when the pressing of the I should con- 80 The han- 5 handles togetherwill insert and clinch another fastener, as before. By a succession of these movements all the buttons of a boot may be readily and rapidly fastened to the same. Vhen all the buttons have been exhausted from the holder, the cover may be moved away from the face of the same, as shown in Fig. 1,

. the holder on the stud, and its friction on the hub of the holder keeps it from turning in the wrong direction when the spring-pawl is moving from one tooth to the other, and is provided with the opening cl to allow the at tached button to slip readily out of the machine after each complete operation.

It will be observed that the flange b increases in thickness toward its junction with the web, by which means fasteners and buttons of various shape may conveniently be used, as should the space between the buttons and the fasteners be more in some than in others, if they are pushed farther in the slits, the holder will still keep them securely in place, as before, and also, when the form of cover shown.by D is used, prevents the buttons or fasteners from being displaced accidentally. lVhen either of the holders having the modified forms of openings shown in Figs. 4; and 5 is used, the form of the spring-cover will be changed to that shown in dotted lines at D, Fig. 1, and instead of holding the but tons in place by the tapering flange b the flange may be made straight, or nearly so, and, in lieu of the taper and the spring-cover to hold the fastener or buttons in place previous to being set, springs, as shown at K in 4 and 5, may be employed.

I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown, as it is evident that it may be varied considerably without departing from the spirit of my invention.

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. The combination of two levers pivoted together, a holder carried by one of said levers and formed with an apertured flange at right angles to its web, an anvil carried by the other lever and adapted to bear against the outer face of said flange, a ratchet-wheel on said holder, and a spring-pawl attached to one of the levers for intermittently rotating said holder, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, inv a button-set-tin g machine, of an anvil and a rotary button-holder formed with a flange at right angles to its web, provided with a series of elastic openings arranged to firmly hold the fasteners against the action of the anvil, and the latter arranged to operate against the outer periphery of the holder at right angles to the axis thereof, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a button-settin g ma-. chine, of two levers, a rotary fastener-holder having sprin g-openin gs on its outer periphery and carried by one of said levers, an attaching-anvil on the other lever, and mechanism, substantially as described, for pressing said anvil against the outer periphery of said holder at right angles to its axis, substantially as set forth.

4. In a button-setting machine, the combination of the levers A A, pivoted together, a fastener-holder on one of said levers and having on its outer periphery receptacles for the fasteners, an anvil on the other lever and constructed to press against the outer periphery of the holder, a ratchet-wheel on said holder, and a pawl operated by the motion of one of said levers, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in a button-setting ma: chine, of two levers, as A A, an anvil on one of said levers, a rotary fastener-holder having openings to receive the buttons, and a removable cover to hold the fasteners in position, substantially as specified. V

6. The combination, in a button-setting machine, of the levers A A, the anvil a 011 one of said levers, a rotary fastener-holder on the other hr ving a recess to receive the buttons, and a stationary removable spring-cover to inclose the same provided with an opening to allow the buttons to pass out, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a rotatable holder provided on its outer edge with a series of openings to receive the fasteners or buttonshanks and mounted on a stud orprojection on one of two levers, said lever being formed with an offset, 0, with a second lever on which is fixed an attaching-anvil, substantially as described.

8. The combination, in abutton-setting machine, of a webbed button-fastener holder provided on its periphery or flange with openings to receive the fastener mounted on a stud on one of two levers, said lever being formed with an offset, 0, and means for giving the same an intermittent rotary motion,

with a clinching-anvil on the other lever, substantially as specified.

I11 testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 23d day of June,

' HENRY JONES. [1 s.]

\Vitnesses:

, FRANK DAHL,

CHARLES DAHL. 

